Sony SRS-RA5000 Reviews & Tests

Expert review by : Alfred Siew (techgoondu.com)

Goondu review: Sony SRS-RA5000 360 Reality Audio speaker April 7th, 2021 | by Alfred Siew Audio-visual 0 The cylinder-shaped speaker is wrapped in fab

The Sony SRS-RA5000 speaker sports its 360 Reality Audio format but a truly immersive experience is elusive or at least inconsistent.

Apr, 2021

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Expert review by : Simon Cohen (digitaltrends.com)

Sony SRS-RA5000 speaker review: An expensive experiment

Spatial audio is a hot trend, and Sony's SRS-RA5000 attempts to capitalize on that by leveraging the company's 360 Reality Audio format, but it misses the mark.

Easy setup ; Crystal-clear sound ; Chromecast support ; Works with Google Assistant/Amazon Alexa

Expensive ; Polarizing design ; Tricky placement requirements ; Underwhelming 360 RA effects ; No hi-fi Bluetooth codecs

Apr, 2021

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Expert review by : Tim Gideon (pcmag.com)

Sony SRS-RA5000 Review

Decent audio when all immersive effects are disabled

Expensive ; Distorts on deep bass ; Immersive audio and 360 Reality Audio modes sound bad

Sony's SRS-RA5000 wireless speaker offers a number of intriguing audio modes that simply don't sound very good, while its default performance never comes close to justifying its high price.

Jul, 2021

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Expert review by : Chris Welch (theverge.com)

Sony RA5000 speaker review: extravagant sound at an unreasonable price

It's hard to justify $700 for a single speaker.

Powerful stereo sound ; 360-degree audio creates a wider soundscape ; Multiple ways of playing music

Wildly expensive for an individual speaker ; Requires large external power supply ; No AirPlay 2

Sony’s new SRS-RA5000 speaker can play immersive 360-degree sound and has useful features like Chromecast support. But at $700, it comes at a steep price.

Apr, 2021

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Expert review by : Chris Davies (slashgear.com)

Sony SRS-RA5000 Review: Taking an expensive risk on 360 audio

The Sony SRS-RA5000 doesn't blend into a room, and neither does the 360 Reality Audio music its oddball design is all in aid of. The promise is intriguing: immersive music just as the artists…

360 Reality Audio has an impressive soundstage ; Room-filling party speaker ; Multiple options for wired and wireless sound

Very expensive ; 360 audio tracks are in short supply ; Regular music lacks precision compared to rival speakers ; No AirPlay 2 support ; No battery and the power supply is big

Apr, 2021

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Expert review by : Scott Wilkinson (techhive.com)

Sony SRS-RA5000 wireless speaker review: A promising idea falls short

360 Reality Audio virtualization works great on headphones, but not from this speaker.

IAE expands sound field of stereo tracks to some degree ; EQ can help improve sound quality somewhat ; Works best on the floor

Muddy, congested sound, especially in the low midrange ; Boomy, overbearing bass ; 360RA tracks do not present a truly expansive, immersive sound field ; Stereo tracks with IAE off sound thin and closed in ; IAE dramatically alters the tonal profile of...

I’m sorry to say I was disappointed in the performance of the SRS-RA5000. The 360 Reality Audio tracks I played did not present a sweeping, immersive soundstage as promised; the effect is much more pronounced in headphones as I discovered in my...